Derbyshire police attend fewer crashes on smart motorway

Derbyshire police have attended fewer crashes on a stretch of the M1 since it became a smart motorway, it has emerged.

Figures obtained by the Derbyshire Times under the Freedom of Information Act show Derbyshire Constabulary's officers were called to 124 collisions between junction 28 (Alfreton) and junction 31 (Aston) in the year before the smart motorway was introduced.

In the year after it was brought in, police attended 52 crashes there.

The latest figures show that between the end of last March and the start of this January, police have been called to 20 collisions on the stretch.